On-Board Electromagnetic Interference Field-Test and Evaluation of a Non-electrified Railway Regional Line

In order to assess the performance of the wireless communication systems, a railway line is characterised through the identification of electromagnetic interferences (EMI). The aim of this paper is to show the strategy to identify EMI on field as well as the results obtained. First, the need of the analysis and the objectives of the measurement campaign in a non-electrified Italian Regional Railway line between Caligari and San Gavino are shown. After that, the measurement setup developed for the tests is described. Then, the description of the measurement campaign carried out is exposed. Finally, the measurement results are presented. The results show that the frequency bands of GSM, UMTS and Italian 4G are in the frequency ranges where the highest powered signal (around 800 MHz–900 MHz, 1.8 GHz and 1.9 GHz), on the other hand GPS L1 and Galileo E1frequency band is not impacted by any kind of interference signal.

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